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Brim Family Outdoor Learning Center
There are six main gardens contained within the Brim Family Outdoor Learning Center.
1. Â Â Meadow
2. Â Â Pollinator
3. Â Â Fern
4. Â Â Pond
5. Â Â Living Roof
6. Â Â Bioswale
To learn more about the specific native plants in the gardens, view our plant list  and explore the links below that contain student-researched descriptions crafted by our third/fourth grade class.
1. Meadow: Clusters of Native plants found in Oregon Meadows & Prairies
🌞 Full Sun, south facing garden
💦 Daily water in summer
- Â Â Â Various Monkey flower colors: red, purple, yellow
- Erythranthe lewisii
- Â Â Â Common Camus
- Â Â Â Bleeding Heart
- Â Â Â Penstemon
- Â Â Â Yarrow
- Â Â Â Iris
- Â Â Â Aster
- Â Â Â Oregon Sunshine
- Â Â Â Large-Leaf Lupin
Low shrubs
- Â Â Â Snowberry
- Â Â Â Western Spirea
- Â Â Â Goats Beard
- Â Â Â Evergreen Huckleberry
2. Pollinator Garden: Clusters of native plants and the milkweed garden supporting pollinators. It also contains 4 trees.
🌞 Full - Part sun with shade from trees, East-West facing garden
💦 Every second day water in summer
- Â Â Â Large-Leaf Lupin
- Â Â Â Showy Milkweed
- Â Â Â Yarrow
- Â Â Â Cardinal Monkeyflower
- Â Â Â Douglas Aster
- Â Â Â Western Coneflower
- Â Â Â Blanket Flower
- Â Â Â Fern Volunteers
- Â Â Â Early Blue Violet
Trees
- Â Â Â Big Leaf Maple
- Â Â Â Vine Maple
- Â Â Â Incense CedarÂ
- Â Â Â Pacific Willow
3. Fern: Native Shaded ferns with moist soil surrounding pond
🌞 Part sun to shade from evergreen trees, East-West facing garden
💦 Daily water in summer, moist throughout year
- Â Â Â Sword Fern
- Â Â Â Deer Fern
- Â Â Â Licorice Fern
- Â Â Â Western Maidenhair Fern
- Â Â Â Horsetail Fern
- Â Â Â Trillium
- Â Â Â Tiger Lily
- Â Â Â Early Blue Violet
- Â Â Â Tufted Hair Grass
- Fringe Cup
- Pacific Bleeding Heart
Trees
- Â Â Â Willow
- Â Â Â Ponderosa Pine
4. Pond: Native Plants growing in the small pond
🌞 Part sun with shade from trees,
💦 Contains water refreshed with Fern Garden watering
- Â Â Â WapatoÂ
- Â Â Â Broad-Leaf CattailÂ
- Â Â Â Rush
5. Living Roof: Native Plants needing low attention & low water growing on living roof.
🌞 Full Sun, octagonal garden
💧 Every 2-3 days in summer
- Â Â Â Wide variety of Succulents
- Â Â Â Windblown and bird-transported volunteers
6. Bioswale: Native Plants best for filtering water and slowing runoff with little watering
🌞 Partial Sun, East-West oriented garden
💧 Little water in summer
- Â Â Â Kinnikinnick
- Â Â Â Salal
- Â Â Â Penstemon
- Â Â Â Woodland StrawberryÂ
- Â Â Â Tufted Hair Grass
- Â Â Â Slough Sedge
- Â Â Â Spreading Rush
- Â Â Â Umbrella Plant
- Â Â Â Oregon Grape
- Â Â Â Western Red Cedar
- Â Â Â Big Leaf Maple
- Â Â Â Ash
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